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38 U.S.C. § 1979 — Incontestability
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Subject to the provision of [section 1973 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1973&num=0&edition=prelim), insurance coverage granted under this subchapter shall be incontestable from the date of issue, reinstatement, or conversion except for fraud or nonpayment of premium.
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Subject to the provision of [section 1973 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1973&num=0&edition=prelim), insurance coverage granted under this subchapter shall be incontestable from the date of issue, reinstatement, or conversion except for fraud or nonpayment of premium.
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Any person guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or desertion, or who, because of conscientious objections, refuses to perform service in the Armed Forces of the United States or refuses to wear the uniform of such force, shall forfeit all rights to Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance under this subchapter. No such insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or for military or naval offense, except when inflicted by an enemy of the United States.
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**(a)** Each policy purchased under this subchapter shall contain a provision, in terms approved by the Secretary, to the effect that any insurance thereunder on any member of the uniformed services, and any insurance thereunder on any insurable dependent of such a member, unless discontinued or reduced upon the written request of the insured (or discontinued pursuant to [section 1969(a)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1969/a/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall continue in effect while the member is on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training scheduled in advance by competent authority during the period thereof, or while the member meets the qualifications set forth in subparagraph (B) or (C) of [section 1965(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1965/5&num=0&edition=prelim) and such insurance shall cease as follows:
(1) With respect to a member on active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to duty that does not specify a period of less than 31 days, insurance under this subchapter shall cease as follows:
(A) 120 days after the separation or release from active duty or active duty for training, unless on the date of such separation or release the member is totally disabled, under criteria established by the Secretary, in which event the insurance shall cease on the earlier of the following dates (but in no event before the end of 120 days after such separation or release):
(i) The date on which the insured ceases to be totally disabled.
(ii) The date that is two years after the date of separation or release from such active duty or active duty for training.
(B) At the end of the thirty-first da
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1978
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a),
shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 2010].’’
EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 2005
AMENDMENTS
Amendment by section 2 of Pub. L. 109–80 effective
Aug. 31, 2005, and this section shall be applied as if sec-
tion 1012 of Pub. L. 109–13 had not been enacted, see sec-
tion 2 of Pub. L. 109–80, set out as a note under section
1967 of this title.
Amendment by section 3(b) of Pub. L. 109–80 effective
Sept. 1, 2005, and applicable with respect to deaths oc-
curring on or after that date, see section 3(c) of Pub. L.
109–80, set out as a note under section 1967 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–13 effective through the
earlier of Dec. 31, 2005, or, with respect to certain sec-
tions of Public Law 109–13, the date of the enactment
into law of legislation that supersedes the provisions
of, or the amendments made by, those sections, see sec-
tion 115 of Pub. L. 109–77, set out as a note under sec-
tion 1967 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–419 effective on the first
day of the first month that begins more than 120 days
after Nov. 1, 2000, see section 312(c) of Pub. L. 106–419,
set out as a note under section 1967 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–568 effective Dec. 1, 1992,
see section 205 of Pub. L. 102–568, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 1922A of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–166 effective Jan. 1, 1986,
see section 401(c)(1) of Pub. L. 99–166, set out as a note
under section 1967 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97
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